Superman

I just had to comment on tis one. I don't see how everyone can miss that this song is about Jesus! "Crucified for eternal sins" (listen to the song it says "eternal") This is what Jesus did for man. "re-invent myself, shed my alter-skin" This refers to resisting the humanity and sin that lives in all of us and following a higher calling. "try to break the mold, severed whole" again breaking away from ourselves and man's nature to sin even though it is like severing our bodies. "first you find your threshold level, breathing out your toxic level" (again a typo, but regardless either way) This speaks of how we as humans try to push the boundaries of what is right with God and with what satisfies our desire to sin but still keeps our sanity. Thus, breathing out on to the world the lifestyle that is toxic to others as they see and follow or think it's o.k. "long slow rope is hanging, now we know what's coming" This is the guilt we all feel. We know we will have to pay for our sins, we know what's coming...judgement, we need a superman. "oh superman where have you gone?" Superman is Jesus who once walked the earth and taught us how to deal with sin and by dying has saved us from the "long slow rope", he is calling out to Jesus. The next four lines are descriptions of how we block out the guilt of our morality: more time, a six leaf clover (the impossible chance of God just forgetting we ever sinned), more head (beer head refering to the drugs we take to drown our guilt), and lastly sounds (music, or even voices of those that try to justify our actions claiming that we don't need a savior at all). Yes we are all like babys playing tricks with ourselves and we have sucked ourselves dry of hope or faith (and that is exactly where the world wants us). "We destroy ourselves to rise again, Open up yourself like a Jesus sun" Here he shifts to speak to the listener about how to be saved. This comes from Jesus himself. We need to be born again pulling ourselves away from our own desires and opening our lives to God's will...like a Jesus son who has lived an example life to lead us. "Only way out is through way past you, First you get to human level run right through your bullshit pedals" The only way for salvation is to break away from ourselves, humbling ourselves, accepting God's way and not feeding ourselves lies and bullshit that get in the way of our salvation. "Long slow rope is hanging, now you know what's coming" because we are running out of time, we don't live forever and the "long slow rope" is hanging. "Oh Superman, what have you done?" Here he is shouting to God asking why he has made it to be this way. Then the song goes into the chorus again that I explained before, but at the end this time he says "you only know how to lose" Speaking to those that rely on the drugs, or sounds, or 6 leaf clovers, telling them that this is why they always fail and will continue to do so as long as they ignore the truth that is already in all of us.

So thank you for reading if you have gotten this far. Sorry it was so long, but I love this song and wanted to do it justice. Let me know if you like my comments or if you would just like to inquire.Thanks again...